Should I get one on eBay very quickly?

2 minutes ago, richiej1979 said:

Should I get one on eBay very quickly?

No, you should get 35 - like every other reseller.

I just completed building one and I love it. Of course made some bonehead mistakes deep in the snot backing and had to peel some apart to fix it but hey, that's LEGO  

John Lewis are still holding stock...

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Still in stock at the US LEGO Shop at Home

They're just depleting their stock to make it more difficult to get the 60yr promo at the end of the month

Well if it's gone, I'm going to speculate that this set will hit £300 very quickly.

I just can't believe that this will retire so soon. Are there any examples of sets that went C2C, then came back and remained on sale for months / years more?

Looking forward to calling customer services on Monday. ?

lol, with the success of this set people actually believe it's going to be retired anytime in the next year without multiple future production runs?!

Does anyone know if Lego put a number on the sets produced for each Ideas set? (due to the creator getting a percentage per sale I thought there could be a cut off)
If so this set would be at its limit for sure.

This set will be limited to how many they can sell.

This set will be limited to how many they can sell.

So the next combi or tower bridge then? [emoji6]

9 minutes ago, mtchrs said:

So the next combi or tower bridge then?

Will more than likely just run the normal length of time for an ideas set, which from memory is 18 months.

Average life is about 15months?

adventure time had 12 months 

YS had 14 months

ecto 1 had 18 months

so earliest Saturn 1 can go is April, but as late as December?

 

Edited January 14, 20187 yr by andyposterfan

Yep I’m probably a bit off with my time but you get the drift. More knowledgeable members will have the correct info.  Ecto would have been a very good seller so I’d expect that sort of time frame.

Edited January 14, 20187 yr by Furious_george

8 hours ago, Captain_chaos said:

I just can't believe that this will retire so soon. Are there any examples of sets that went C2C, then came back and remained on sale for months / years more?

Brickheadz S2 2017.

It also went to sold out late December and came back. Strange things happening with this set, or Lego is toying with us..

Let's put it another way. We all k ow the clock is ticking on this set. We could have as soon as April (unlikely) or as late as year-end. 

Neither way there's enough certainty to start acquiring these when you feel the time is right for price / promos. I can't see it being discounted though.

not many non-lego retailers for this set in the Uk. Just John lewis and another I believe? 

It would be hilarious if this became the Tower Bridge of the IDEAS range. I wonder if they put a maximum earnings cap on the designer´s commission.

1 hour ago, andyposterfan said:

Let's put it another way. We all k ow the clock is ticking on this set. We could have as soon as April (unlikely) or as late as year-end. 

Neither way there's enough certainty to start acquiring these when you feel the time is right for price / promos. I can't see it being discounted though.

not many non-lego retailers for this set in the Uk. Just John lewis and another I believe? 

John Lewis, Hamleys, Very, Littlewoods and one other. Only John Lewis and the other store have it in stock though.

2 hours ago, andyposterfan said:

Average life is about 15months?

adventure time had 12 months 

YS had 14 months

ecto 1 had 18 months

so earliest Saturn 1 can go is April, but as late as December?

 

How April? It was released last June, so surely June would be the earliest?

I'm starting to feel a little smugness coming on. John Lewis now have 20 less ;-)

 

11 hours ago, Manse1001 said:

John Lewis are still holding stock...

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Not as much as they had 10min ago ;-)

27 minutes ago, Captain_chaos said:

How April? It was released last June, so surely June would be the earliest?

I think Research Institute and Mars Rover were the hardest to get so far. If LEGO agreed on a set amount of 21309 to produce as part of their contract with the designer, why not pull it if it's reached? They need production space for all the Star Warts and Pooper Heroes crap. If people are now panicking on not having enough 21309, point the blame at the mirror, there's been more than enough opportunities.